In soccer, learning to defend is typically much easier than learning to attack. This...down the loose ball or cause the ball to go out of play. A key element in good defending is remembering the defenders primary role is to break...

Defending is by far the harder of the two. When you go on the offensive it is entirely possible to reduce... and experienced people can be different, some martial artists have no mind for defense and can still defend themselves while concentrating on attacking you, others don't bother with defense at all...

Defend yourself from what? Are they physically assaulting you? Then you need to go to the police. If they are verbally assaulting you, than you need to ignore them and stay as... a martial art will most likely give you the confidence to ignore them all the more. Either way, unless they are threatening you with violence, there is nothing you need to defend yourself against.